Tonight, in honor of the wonderful weather, I made a quick contraption out of some scrap to better get water into my rain barrel. I’ve been wedging the downspout against the bung hole of my barrel but I think the vibrations of the water pops it loose. No water capture dumping water beside the barrel. …
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Aquaponics Solids Lifting Siphon Overflow Box AKA Johnny Jump Box
It all started with a chat on the homepage of aquaponicscommunity.com with Johnny and Paul. Johnny said he was trying to figure out how to make a solids lifting siphon overflow box. Now, at first I didn’t think it could be done – having built a weir siphon overflow box in the past. But than …
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Gutter repair
One of the goals for my new house is a large garden. But I don’t want to pay to water the garden (never mind what the chlorine in city water does to the soil and plants) so I want to water out of rain barrels. But, first the gutters need to be in working order …
My House, My House, My House is on fire!
Last weekend, somebody decided to try to burn my apartment complex down. Actually, it was a smoker who missed the ash tray. Went, and fell into the bush, and by the time he got his glass of water to put it out, he needed a truckload of water. The heat blistered all of the siding. …
Tearing down a 75 gallon tank to clean up water
My Overflow box strikes again! This thing is the bane of my carpeting! This time, it caused a flood in a different way. The drain tubes fell out of the tank. They stayed put for over a month, then fell out twice within 6 hours. I don’t get it. Trying to dry out under the …
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